# Henri Stempffer

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**Henri Stempffer** (23 January 1894 – 1 November 1978) was a French [entomologist](/source/Entomologist) who specialized in the study of [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae) butterflies.

## Biography

Stempffer was born on 23 January 1894 in [Paris](/source/Paris), at 19 rue de Charonne.[1]

In 1922, he became a member of the [French Entomological Society](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_entomologique_de_France) (of which he would be elected president in 1943) and subscribed to the entomological publication of Léon Lhomme, *L'Amateur de papillons*.

He then was working at the [Banque de France](/source/Banque_de_France) (living at 32, rue Théodore-Honoré at [Nogent-sur-Marne](/source/Nogent-sur-Marne), Seine).[2]

In 1954 he became a fellow of the [Royal Entomological Society](/source/Royal_Entomological_Society) of London.[3]

He specialized in the study of [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae) and became a specialist publishing his work in both French and English. In 1967 he wrote a major review of the African species (*Genera of the African Lycaenidae.* Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, Supplement 10: 1-322.)[4] In 1973 he received the [Karl Jordan](/source/Karl_Jordan_(zoologist,_born_1861)) Medal of the [Lepidopterists' Society](/source/Lepidopterists'_Society).[5]

In 1977 he donated his collection to the entomology laboratory of the [National Museum of Natural History](/source/National_Museum_of_Natural_History_(France)) of Paris.[6]

Although he was a specialist of the African fauna, he had never been in Africa, but he visited many countries as [Italy](/source/Italy), [Greece](/source/Greece), and [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia).[7] In 1972, at the invitation of Torben B. Larsen, he visited [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).[8]

During the Second World War he was part of the [resistance movement](/source/French_Resistance) and received the [Ordre de la Libération](/source/Ordre_de_la_Lib%C3%A9ration) in 1944.[7]

Stempffer died on 1 November 1978 in Paris, at 4 rue Saint-Antoine.[1]

## Works

He wrote about 90 publications.[7] The complete list has never been published. Apart from his huge monograph already cited, he published many works in many different journals such as:

- Contribution à l'étude des Lycaenidae de l'Afrique équatoriale, 1953-1961.
- Contribution à l'étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne, 1942-1969.
- Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique Noire Française. 3. Lycaenidae, 1957.

See also [list of publications](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Henri_Stempffer) on WikiSpecies.

## List of taxa described

He named about 200 new taxa, the complete list has never been published.

## Species named after Henri Stempffer

- *[Agrilus stempfferi](/source/Agrilus_stempfferi)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963
- *[Anthene stempfferi](/source/Anthene_stempfferi)* Storace 1954
- *[Calophasia stempfferi](/source/Calophasia_stempfferi)* Boursin 1929
- *[Castalius stempfferi](/source/Castalius_stempfferi)* Kielland 1976
- *[Cerautola stempfferi](/source/Cerautola_stempfferi)* Jackson 1962
- *[Epitola stempfferi](/source/Epitola_stempfferi)* Jackson 1962
- *[Epitoxis stempfferi](/source/Epitoxis_stempfferi)* Kiriakoff 1954
- *[Liptena stempfferi](/source/Liptena_stempfferi)* Berger, 1954
- *[Lycaena stempfferi](/source/Lycaena_stempfferi)* Brandt 1958
- *[Ornipholidotos stempfferi](/source/Ornipholidotos_stempfferi)* Collins & Larsen 2000
- *[Oxylides faunus stempfferi](/source/Oxylides_faunus_stempfferi)* Berger 1981
- *[Polyommatus stempfferi](/source/Polyommatus_stempfferi)* Brandt 1938
- *[Spalgis jacksoni stempfferi](/source/Spalgis_jacksoni_stempfferi)* Kielland 1985
- *[Tetrarhanis stempfferi](/source/Tetrarhanis_stempfferi)* Berger 1954
- *[Tuxentius stempfferi](/source/Tuxentius_stempfferi)* Kielland 1976

## References

1. Luquet (G. Chr.), 2004. Notes bibliographiques sur la vie et la collection de Lépidoptères de… et de quelques autres lèpidoptéristes. *Alexanor* 23 (8): 482-483

1. Admissions, 1922. *Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France*, 32 (4): 46

1. List of the Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1970: 38

1. Stempffer (H.), 1967. Genera of the African Lycaenidae. *Bulletin of the British Museum* (Natural History), Entomology, Supplement 10: 1-322

1. Miller (D. Lee), 1973. First Karl Jordan Medal awarded to Henri Stempffer. *Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society*, 27 (4): 311-312 ([online](http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1970s/1972/1972-26(4)207-Miller.pdf) (pdf)

1. Viette (P.), 1977. Les collections H. Stempffer et R. Homberg données au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. *Alexanor* 10 (3): 143-144): 482-483

1. Bernardi (G.), 1978. Nécrologie. Henri Stempffer (1894-1978). *Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France*, 83 (9-10): 238-239

1. Larsen (T.), 1992. Hazards of butterfly collecting — the Cedars, Lebanon, 1972. *[The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation](/source/The_Entomologist's_Record_and_Journal_of_Variation)*, 104: 171-172

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